THE CARDIO SECRET - WHY YOUR RESTING HEART RATE MATTERS!
E H T R E MAST GUARD - rld LFW HA th 5X o Wi Champion
E T I E L S LUCA FEEL THE CONNECTION
With Henry Akins
DEFEND YOURSELF!
Master Pedro Sauer Shares Techniques for On or Off the Mats
PLUS
How To Save Thousand$ On Dental Work!
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December 2014 Issue 28
But It’s a Dry Heat How To Cook Anything
Terere Gives Back To The Kids of Brazil
Escape Hip Pain Diagnose and Treat
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ON THE COVER: Lucas Leite stakes his claim as one of the best around. Pictured at his school in La Habra, CA. Photo: Jason Boulanger
CONTENTS December 2014 // Issue 28
46 Spotlight
Life 8 Editorial Guest Editorial - Love the Gi!
10 News New stuff, gossip, old stuff and some strange stuff.
20 Promotions
Fighting for a brighter future Terere’s Social Project.
100 Gear Lab Guide
Skills 52 Defend Yourself
Why you need a mouth guard
Techniques for the street or the mats with Master Pedro Sauer
104 Gear Lab Tests
70 Cover Feature
Belts and Stripes
• Manto Vai Finaliza! Gi • Grips Gi Sack
Lucas Leite shows us how to master half guard!
40 The Life
110 Event Coverage
92 Henry Akins - Invisible Jiu-Jitsu
Marshal Carper explains why white belts are people too!
BJJ Tour Florida
112 Event Coverage
It’s all about CONNECTION.
2014 IBJJF Masters Worlds
MEET THE STAFF
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Mackenzie ARRINGTON
Matthew CORLEY
Dr. Ethan KREISWIRTH PHD,
MacKenzie Arrington is an award winning chef out of Boothbay, Maine. He is the author of GrapplerGourmet.com, a comprehensive guide to cooking for the BJJ lifestyle. On the mats he is a blue belt out of PSABJJ in Brooklyn, NY, and a personal chef off the mats. Follow MacKenzie at facebook.com/grapplergourmet.
Matthew Corley is a blue belt and Registered Pharmasist and clinical phramacy manager who trains under Ezra Lenon. The best way to keep up with his articles and reviews is at facebook.com/ MappingMyBjjJourney
ATC of “Kreiswirth Sports Medicine” is the Medical Director for the International/ United States Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Federation. Dr. Kreiswirth is a Black Belt in BJJ and has provided medical coverage for BJJ events since the mid1990s. Ethan can be reached at ekreiswirth@gmail.com
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Got your resolutions ready?
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Mind
Body
104 Mind Games
32 Warm-Up
10 Tips to be a better coach
Loosen up your quads
130 Success
116 Gains
Life or death, jiu-jitsu may have made the difference
Improve your grappling with kettelbells
Fuel 24 Grub How Hot is Hot?
30 Grub Interview
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122 Medic Diagnosing and dealing with hip pain
126 Medic Understanding your resting heart rate
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Ottavia Bourdain
Naveed SHAN Naveed Shan is a strength and conditioning coach at Siege MMA/Lotus Club BJJ in Glendale, AZ and Revolution Training Systems in Tempe, AZ. He trains under Giva Santana and is currently finishing his postgraduate studies in Exercise Science and Psychology at ASU. You can contact him at naveedshan.com
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Travis GUESNON began his love for grappling and fitness more than ten years ago here in Southern California and has turned that passion into a career helping Mike steward this fine publication. He has been training jiu-jitsu since 2009 under John Munoz at C-quence JJ/MMA in Norco, CA.
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